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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1962
Page
4
Thought for today reflects a Colton quotation about women of fashion sacrificing joy for vanity and love for pride, highlighting moral judgments on elegance and self‑image framed as a daily proverb.
The AMA plans to underwrite loans totaling up to ten thousand dollars for medical students interns and residents beginning in March to expand enrollments and ease physician shortages. Loans carry twelve percent interest with five month grace after training. funding backed by the AMA Education and Research Foundation and a Chicago bank.
Washington Window discusses an orbital H-bomb capable of dictating surrender. The dialogue explains a space weapon that can be controlled from orbit, with U.S. vulnerability and a warning that the United States might be forced to surrender within 15 years if defense systems lag.
UPI foreign commentator notes Kennedy vows U S victory in Viet Nam and continued engagement. Red China demands international talks over U S aid, while Cambodian Prince Sihanouk worries a Soviet North Viet Nam and Laos spillover. The piece frames Cold War tensions and regional impacts on Cambodia.
The piece notes Ho Chi Minh’s cautious stance amid Moscow Peiping tensions and describes U S forces in South Viet Nam as non combatants mainly for training, while outnumbering Geneva limits and serving as a Chinese propaganda angle. It compares potential Chinese intervention tos past Korea actions and weighs timing and conditions.
UPI reports Joakim Lehmkuhl of U.S. Time Corp notes a rising pattern of owning multiple watches for sports, dress, and work, while the industry foresees a 40 million U.S. watch market by 1970. Data from Daniel Yankelovich shows U.S. watch sales of 18.5 million in 1950 and 24.75 million in 1949, with price tiers shifting from under 30 dollars to over 75 dollars over time. Lehmkuhl, once head of Timex, predicts the next few months could bring the 50 millionth watch crossing the counter.
Twenty three years ago twenty underweight students at a local school received half a pint of milk each from American Legion Auxiliary. The auxiliary planned distribution in three months to raise weights. Mrs P O Malone led the effort while Beckley Woman's Club began a drive for library books for a free reading room. Labor news noted sit down strife at Douglas Aircraft Santa Monica and Fansteel Metal North Chicago with talks of mass picketings. Industrial expansion featured Lehmkuhl expanding watches worldwide with plants in Middlebury Abilene Little Rock Besancon and more as Europe potential buyers rise with the Common Market. He highlights cost-saving automated production and overseas growth.
Washington reports new evidence that Katanga president Moise Tshombe is receiving British support while Tanganyika Concessions Ltd controls Katanga mining. The Brussels and Belgian interests push for unification with the Congo, and arms shipments to Tshombe appear to come across the Northern Rhodesia border, with the UN stepping in amid British colonial policy scrutiny.
The piece argues patience is a vital trait in modern life and cites John Glenn’s orbital flight as a triumph of steadiness. It notes public worry about Glenn’s strain amid delays, but says patience defines both him and his era more than others.
Prof Eugene Staley of the Stanford Research Institute proposes the United Nations gain independent revenue by taxing space traffic and satellite communications, polar resources, and ocean resources beyond the three and 124 mile limits. While future oriented, the plan faces resistance from nations wary of ceding control.
Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists general subscription rates by mail and home delivery including daily and Sunday plans and six month terms. It notes tax added within West Virginia, carrier independence, and that the company is not responsible for advance payments to independent agents.
An advice column excerpt discusses starting a business versus staying in sales, urging patience, due diligence, and seizing the right venture. It includes reader queries about a second career, widower benefits, and a closing prayer by Dotson M. Nelson Jr. of Mountain Brook Baptist Church in Alabama.
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